by Juan Goytisolo · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408460930
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«Duelo en el paraíso» is the novel by Juan Goytisolo, published by Planeta in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Set in a village in the Catalan Pyrenees during the Civil War, the novel follows a group of children who, when the Republican troops withdraw, are left as masters of the town and turn play into a cruel replica of war. Goytisolo wraps the historical material in a poetic atmosphere that turns the conflict into a universal allegory.
The work belongs to Planeta's Nuestros Clásicos Contemporáneos collection; its original publication dates from 1955.
For readers of Spanish narrative and classic fiction interested in the Civil War and the literary gaze on childhood.
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
